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VEGETARIAN CUISINE
RESTAURANTS - INTERNATIONAL CUISINE
Pablo Picasso 30. Tel. 12 01 03
RESTAURANTS - FISH AND SEAFOOD
Torres Bermejas 8. Tel. 22 67 23
Triunfo 19. Tel. 20 74 44
Puerta Real 1. Tel. 20 62 93
Carrera del Genil 4. Tel. 22 67 69
Ruseñor 1. Tel. 20 86 62
Trajano 7. Tel. 29 27 53
El Guerra 30. Tel. 27 72 19
Obispo Hurtado 13. Tel. 25 96 78
Andaluces 2. Tel. 27 29 08
Pl. Menorca (Pasaje). Tel. 25 32 64
Campo Principe 8. Tel. 22 61 54
Antequeruela baja 10. Tel. 22 32 39
Cno. Ronda 98. Tel. 25 41 23
Párraga 9. Tel. 25 10 17
Ctra. Ant. Malaga 51. Tel. 20 58 29
Constitucion 37. Tel. 28 74 47
Pl. Pescaderia 9. Tel. 25 07 77
Pq. Genil Edf. Amatista. Tel. 26 26 08
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To refer to granadian culinary art is to mention the best and most excellent Andalusian cuisine.
Also the Arabian roots of its cuisine, still present in many dishes and specialities
introduced a unique way of cooking which cannot be found anywhere in thr world except
in Granada and its province.
Granada garners the best and most select nourishments offered on land or sea.
Therefore it is only natural that the variety and quality of its gastronomy will satisfy the
most demanding palates, even in its dishes of humblest appearance, the papas a la pobre
(the poor man´s potatoes in which the Alpujarran villages are veritable masters. You
must taste them with their authentic recipe, fried slowly in virgin olive oil with scrambled
egg, garlic, and fried green peppers.
The highest representative of Alpujarran gastronomy is Trevélez serrano (mountain cured) ham, the secret of which it has been cured in Sierra Nevada´s snow. Throughout the region garlic rabbit and farmer´s kid goat are prepared, as well as brine- marinated partridge, paprika porridge and flour migas (wheat flour with garlic stirfried in olive oil). The best beverage to enhance these flavours is the famous coast wine, high alcohol content wine produced small scale in the Contraviesa Sierra. The Alpujarran bakery tradition is wide and varied, one of the most recommended specialities being almond Soplillos or whistles.
The famous Motril "Moraga" is prepared and eaten on the very beach after watching the fish nets full of varied fish, being drawn out of the sea. The irresistible aroma slowly rising from the burning embers over which the freshly caught sardines roast, arranged on skewers, will make you cherish this typical coastalgastronomic event. There is a great variety of shell fish dishes as well as the renowned fried fish platter, the golden "Costa" wine, and the sugar cane rum from Motril. For dessert , custard apples, persimmons, papayas, mangoes, avocados and pineapple are all excellent choices. In the villages of the Valley, Loja or Riofrio, there exists a speciality with a ground almond base called Ajo Blanco (White Garlic), always best eaten if it is followed by freshly caught trout. This region is famous for its bakery.
Sante Fé itself is worth
visiting in order to taste its uneversally famous Piononos. The same must be said of
Loja´s doughnuts and Montefrío´s lard rolls. The area called the Hoya de Guadix delights
us with its special Marquesado Corn Porridge, or its wheat or Cornflour Migas from the
village of Baza and Huéscar. Very wellknown and appreciated are the Guadix Tocinillos.
This tasty ride through the Province brings us now to Granada itself, the city Capital.
To talk about Granada is to talk about the Sacromonte Omelette. The favourite beans
and ham represent another forte dishfor which the capital´s cuisine is famous. There is
also a strong bakery tradition in Granada which goes back to the centuries old
Arabian confections, a tradition maintained with great success by the nuns in the city´s
cloister convents. Important are the Huevos moles or the Bizcochadas among many
other specialities in sweets.
A centuries old tradition confers on Granada an unusual and unique craftmanship, the
products inherited from the ancient inhabitants of these lands. This is immediately
recognised when one admires a work of marquetry. The meticulous ivory, mother of pearl,
bone conch or laminated silver inlays, within a noble wood, elevate marquetry to the
highest degree.
Pottery, albeit the younger brother of ceramics, is still proving its mettle in Loja, in
Purullena, and Guadix. Granada as a whole with its villages is a place in which to
contemplate the marvellous technique of wrought iron. Balconies and windows, gates
and gratings compete with each other in their harmony of subjugated iron in all its
forms. We must mention the technique of embossed copperwork, the chiselling
of which has been transmitted to our days.
Another exclsuive of our land is that which Lanjarón has to offer. To take a walk along
its streets is to have a new encounter with the old and almost forgotten art of basketry.
At the sught of so many and such beautiful articles made of esparto reeds, we wonder
how it is possible to braid such a vegetation conglomerate.
With wood of the highest quality and best resonance, some artisans from Granada
manufacture the best guitars in Spain. It is still possible to witness the whole process
of this miracle.
Few people know that Granada's embossed leathers once became a tough competitor
to Toledo's, but this is fact. Today we may still admire them just by visiting the open
market in the Albaicin, here we will also find pieces in tin, polychrome, jewellery,
engravings.
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HANDICRAFTS OF GRANADA PROVINCE
Almost in every corner of cities and villages, families of potters and ceramicists have
transmitted age old secrets which make possible the elaboration of the extraordinary
enamelled vases and plates of Fajalauza. The young bull or Torico from Guadiz, the
fish and the cock from Almuñécar are likewise relevant manifestations of ancestral
techniques which are very alive today.
We now penetrate the world of textiles, for
it is not by chance that Granada, and especially the Alpujarra, was already in the
XIIth Century the main silk market not only in Spain, but in the greater part of the world.
This tradition has remained unaltered and today it is still possible to admire and purchase
delicate weaving in tulle and silk in the form of mantillas and veils, besides the precious and
exclusive lace. Very important also is the weaving following the old patterns and with
hand driven looms, of cotton carpets, blankets and curtains.
Granada and its province thrive in handcrafting activity. In any town, small or large, in
any village of the interior or the coast, in its shops, forges, looms, and kilns, a unique
piece of Granada handicraft is being created.
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